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the supreme court has spoken to this after the civil war and when the courts habeas n the right of corpus couldn't be suspended. 'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when combatants.re enemy this is not one of them. about no one is talking depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives prevent terrorist acts in the future, can't be used not in you, you are danger of self-incrimination. used it would is still be habeas corpus right. so what we are saying and what he is saying and i think it is rong there is no such thing as global jihadist movement. i think the evidence of that is we will treat d somebody who commits an act of brutal terrorism as a criminal them to lawyer up and say don't say a word, information,hem any we will deal later and i think i think this is illful blindness and reckless in regard to the people who may foruture.ctims in the guest: responding to the caller, i think what you are sayi
the supreme court has spoken to this after the civil war and when the courts habeas n the right of corpus couldn't be suspended. 'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when combatants.re enemy this is not one of them. about no one is talking depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives prevent terrorist acts in...
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civil rights advocate say camera violent people privacy. mayor says it's at least worth a discussion. california highway patrol is not only extending the patrol in oakland but expanding them while city leaders finalize new deal. chp has been patrolling oakland two days aweek since last november. contract set to expire on friday. new contract willen crease the highway patrol availability to do as many as four day per week in the city. agreement will be voted on may 7th. >> not unusual of course for political capped did the to drop by the exclusive town of fundraiser go where the money is obviously. but not they are sending out bills to cover their expense of president obama visit earlier this month. he was the star attraction at 2 private fundraisers there. david sxwlains the city says it's owed money. >> this is not the fears time that he has sent out bills to cover expenses when dignitary comes to town. but response is always the same. >> great to have dignitary like that coming through your community. you should be welcoming the visit as
civil rights advocate say camera violent people privacy. mayor says it's at least worth a discussion. california highway patrol is not only extending the patrol in oakland but expanding them while city leaders finalize new deal. chp has been patrolling oakland two days aweek since last november. contract set to expire on friday. new contract willen crease the highway patrol availability to do as many as four day per week in the city. agreement will be voted on may 7th. >> not unusual of...
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of course, it is going to get it right most of the time. that is why successful organizations and the free market and civil society are moving in the opposite direction. while governments consolidate, businesses decentralize pretty well. washington insists it knows everything, or as agents rely on networks and customizable problem-solving. we cannot be surprised that washington has assumed greater control over transportation, health care, and so much else, all of those increasingly centralized systems failing at exactly the same time. conservatives should seize this opportunity not to impose our ideas on these systems, but to outsource the solutions to the states, that the perspectives and values of each state craft its own policies and see what works and see what does not work. if vermont's pursuit of happiness needs its people to want more government and utah's less, then who are politicians from the other 48 states to tell them they cannot have it? would we tolerate this kind of official intolerance in any other part of american life? a
of course, it is going to get it right most of the time. that is why successful organizations and the free market and civil society are moving in the opposite direction. while governments consolidate, businesses decentralize pretty well. washington insists it knows everything, or as agents rely on networks and customizable problem-solving. we cannot be surprised that washington has assumed greater control over transportation, health care, and so much else, all of those increasingly centralized...
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the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that the nation of immigrants rejects its history, its heritage, when millions of citizens are confined to arc second class system and all americans are debased by such a two tier system. item has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend senator kennedy was right. i wish the house had joined our quest in 2006 and we completed the reforms back then. i am glad, however, that senator mccain has once again joined this effort. it's long past time to get this done. we need an immigration system that lives up to american values, helps write the next chapter in american history by reinvigorating our economy and enriching our communities, the kind of country that attracted my maternal grandparents here, or my wife's parents, when they came here and became citizens and productive citizens. and in vermont, immigration has proposed cultural richness, and refugees, economic development, the regional center program, and tourism and trade with our friends in canada. for a
the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that the nation of immigrants rejects its history, its heritage, when millions of citizens are confined to arc second class system and all americans are debased by such a two tier system. item has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend senator kennedy was right. i wish the house had joined our quest in 2006 and we completed the reforms back then. i am glad, however, that senator mccain has once again joined this...
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>> thank you. -- ndicated youth commission on civil rights was established pursuant to 1937 civil rights act. examanners related to melete production and racial discrimination. because of racial discrimination often implicate matters pertaining to national origin the commission over the years has recently conducted hearings on aspects of immigration including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with the specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration on the weage and employment levels of specific americans. illegal immigration has a negative effect on wage levels of specifically black americans. >> i am having a hard time hearing. if you could be a little closer. >> it is important to keep in mind that the witnesses at the hearing were experts on immigration that spanned theological spectrum. policy,differences in everyone would agree that illegal immigration has a monster to a negative effect on employment opportunities and wage levels. thisvidence as to why affects black americans it's basic. the artist proportionately more likely to have only a white
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[inaudible conversations] >> return of the subcommittee on the civil rights and human rights will come to order. today's hearing is entitled drone wars, the counterterrorism institutions of killing. senator cruises on its way from another hearing. there are conflicting schedules we face here. this is the first-ever public hearing in the senate to address the use of drones and targeted killing. we are pleased to have such a large audience for today's hearing that demonstrates the importance and timeliness of this issue. thank you to those hearing person, those watching live on c-span and is following a hearing on twitter and facebook you stand the hash type drone wars. the rules of the semiprivate outbursts, popular demonstrations of any kind. please be mindful of the service as we conduct this hearing. there's so much interest in today's hearing. we have another larger room to accommodate overflow cloud. baking soda to 26 and dirksen. at the out back on what you senators leahy and grassley. chairman and ranking member for pressing the justice department to provide the committee with th
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rights act through the legislature. so you do. that the question with president obama, in my mind is not whether he could have gotten the four plus one republican, maybe that wasn't possible. even with 90%. the question i think this is where you and i in our conversations over many months have been frustrated, why 60? in other words did the president fail or perhaps -- did he do of his own agenda by acquiescing to senator reid, majority leader's reid failure and refusal to push filibuster reform so that 50 was enough to pass an agenda. that's where i feel the absence. >> john: that's the big question here. harry reid deserves a lot of the credit for this thing never getting to have the up-or-down vote the president so eloquently called for in his state of the union address. harry reid promised us filibuster reform. >> i'm with you. there is a lot of chatter and grievant among the punditry class. i say with some admiration, some scorn that this is where it has to be addressed. if we're going to get anything done. then wh
rights act through the legislature. so you do. that the question with president obama, in my mind is not whether he could have gotten the four plus one republican, maybe that wasn't possible. even with 90%. the question i think this is where you and i in our conversations over many months have been frustrated, why 60? in other words did the president fail or perhaps -- did he do of his own agenda by acquiescing to senator reid, majority leader's reid failure and refusal to push filibuster...
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rights activists, dissidents, what have you, and obviously they have much lower standards when it comes to these issues than we do. i don't think human rights came into the question here involving the ascertain yes, at least there's no indication to that effect. it would not be unusual to go back to the russians and ask for more. it would also not be unusual to have the line go dead at that point. >> one question that came up here today when we were trying to sort through this puzzle that was what in tamerlan tsarnaev's mind, why would the russians ask for information if he had not been in contact with radicals overseas? how would they have known about him? >> it's entirely possible that the russians had some signaled intelligence involving this individual that motivated them, or perhaps he had contacts in chechnya, in dagestan, in the northern caucasus, but they didn't make enough that available, it appears, and as a result we were all shortchanged in this matter. it's not unusual. the russians are extremely leery of letting us have any idea of what information collection capabilities
rights activists, dissidents, what have you, and obviously they have much lower standards when it comes to these issues than we do. i don't think human rights came into the question here involving the ascertain yes, at least there's no indication to that effect. it would not be unusual to go back to the russians and ask for more. it would also not be unusual to have the line go dead at that point. >> one question that came up here today when we were trying to sort through this puzzle that...
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so you are right, for americans who are not familiar there was a long and bloody civil war in chechnya, and if these guys -- these brothers somehow has sympathies combined with whatever american hatred maybe that they developed by feeling they were outcast or didn't have friends or something, maybe there's something there in terms of a motive. >> stephanie: yeah as usual the "new york post" got it wrong. there is a great onion piece just entitled "jesus" this week. there is a lot of breaking news everywhere, but at some point you go from getting it wrong to being reallier responsible. they posted pictures of the wrong guys on the front page. >> yeah, the 20 years that i have been in this business, i have never seen a news organization as atrocious reckless and wrong as the "new york post" has been this week. between first reporting that there were 12 dead when there were only three, to then -- they describe these two high school kids as the suspected terrorists, and it turns out one was a runner at a high school and just wanted to watch the marathon. any basic research and they would h
so you are right, for americans who are not familiar there was a long and bloody civil war in chechnya, and if these guys -- these brothers somehow has sympathies combined with whatever american hatred maybe that they developed by feeling they were outcast or didn't have friends or something, maybe there's something there in terms of a motive. >> stephanie: yeah as usual the "new york post" got it wrong. there is a great onion piece just entitled "jesus" this week....
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that is why we were successful during the civil rights movement. we were church connected, search supported and church led. we need to go back to those days and pull ourselves forward areas all of these clergy i am the only- one who is not area. [laughter] is pastors and ministers who are here have laid their lives on the line. they will continue to do it, because others will see the influence that they give. and that they have on the rest of us. and decide that i want to be like them. we are not where we need to be. we are still in the process. we are evolving. we are not going to get where we need to be until we decide that we are not where we need to be. we have opened a lot of doors and we think that we have arrived, but we are not there. the discrimination all over corporate america, there is still discrimination in our schools. as quietly as it is kept. you still go to school in your and yourood, neighborhood is always on the other side of the railroad track in every community in this country. blacks on one side of the railroad track, white o
that is why we were successful during the civil rights movement. we were church connected, search supported and church led. we need to go back to those days and pull ourselves forward areas all of these clergy i am the only- one who is not area. [laughter] is pastors and ministers who are here have laid their lives on the line. they will continue to do it, because others will see the influence that they give. and that they have on the rest of us. and decide that i want to be like them. we are...
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the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that a nation of immigrants rejects its history and heritage when millions of immigrants are confined to a second-class system and all americans are debased by such a system. the time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend, senator kennedy, was right. inish the house had joined 2006 to complete what we started back then, but i am glad that senator mccain has once again joined. it is long past time to get this done. we need an immigration system that lives up to american values, helps to write the next chapter in american history by reinvigorating our economy and enriching ournity. the kind of country that attracted my maternal grandparents here. or my wife's parents, when they came here and became citizens, productive citizens. in vermont immigration has promoted cultural riches, settlements, exchange, economic development, center programs, and tourism and trade with our friends in canada. agricultural workers support our farmers and growers and many
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rights organization in the united, i think that carries a lot of weight in america. as you know, i've supported immigration reform for years and years even though it's not -- [inaudible] it's a major moral issue for this country. i worry about a proposal that contains false promises. apt straightforward and chiefble. is the legalization proposal in this bill drafted by the eight senators you consider straightforward and achievable? >> i do believe that there was a good faith effort to modernization our legalization program. i think that's an really important step. when we failed to do in 1986, it was a bill to acknowledge, it was to on the one hand we didn't create the flexibility to look how we might be able to make adjustments in to -- term of our economy and the need of our country and the work force. the program seems to build it in. we want to make sure it's something that can be done. on the one hand, ting reduces the backlog for many who have been waiting for a long time for family visas and for us, i think that's an important step. on the other hand, we have
rights organization in the united, i think that carries a lot of weight in america. as you know, i've supported immigration reform for years and years even though it's not -- [inaudible] it's a major moral issue for this country. i worry about a proposal that contains false promises. apt straightforward and chiefble. is the legalization proposal in this bill drafted by the eight senators you consider straightforward and achievable? >> i do believe that there was a good faith effort to...
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the commission on civil rights was established pursuant to the 1957 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has regularly conducted hearings on aspects of immigration, including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with a specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration, the wage and employment levels of workers. the evidence introduced show that illegal immigration has a disproportionately negative effect on the employment and wage levels of low skilled americans, specifically black americans. >> we are still having a little bit of a hard time hearing. can you get that closer? >> the witnesses at the hearing were experts in immigration who spanned the ideological spectrum. every single witness agreed that illegal immigration had a demonstrably negative effect on employment opportunities and wage levels of low skilled americans, specifically black americans. thisvidence as to why impacts b
the commission on civil rights was established pursuant to the 1957 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has regularly conducted hearings on aspects of immigration, including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with a specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration, the wage and employment...
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is it the acla's position that dzhokhar tsarnaev should have had his miranda rights read to him. how confident are you that they will not invoke the enemy combatant rule in terms of denying him his constitutional rights. >> to be clear, the aclu is against having him declared an enemy combatant. but the miranda rule does allow a public safety exception and that is a very limited exception. it allows the police, law enforcement to ask about current and ongoing threats. it's limited both in what they can ask and in the amount of time. so that exception exists and you know, what we're making, what want to make sure is that the criminal justice system, which is both better at protecting his rights and better at actually convicting and coming to a, a fair conclusion to row resolve this issue is the best way to go about this. it's simply not appropriate or constitutional to treat american citizen as an enemy combatant. >> ron. >> captured in the u.s. >> indeed, we've been you know, we just had stand with rand, talking about drones and drone strikes killing american citizens, treatment
is it the acla's position that dzhokhar tsarnaev should have had his miranda rights read to him. how confident are you that they will not invoke the enemy combatant rule in terms of denying him his constitutional rights. >> to be clear, the aclu is against having him declared an enemy combatant. but the miranda rule does allow a public safety exception and that is a very limited exception. it allows the police, law enforcement to ask about current and ongoing threats. it's limited both in...
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again, last january, he disrupted a sermon about martin luther king, calling the civil rights leader a nonbeliever. the revelations and charges just as this city is struggling to recover a moment of silence marking one week since the attack from the oval office and around the country. a solemn tribute. >> -- in boston, almost every spot in this city is silent and still. >> reporter: another step toward normal, boylston street turned over by federal investigators to the city of boston. in a sign of the investigation's intensity, a tree, possibly touched by dzhokhar removed, taken as evidence, and photos of dzhokhar withdrawing money from an atm after a carjacking and the murder of m.i.t. police officer sean collier. this, as the victims continue to heal. 50 in the hospital. two still critical. for some seriously injured, hope. >> nearly all of the patients that have lost legs are already walking the halls with physical therapists. >> reporter: still, grim reminders here, just about everywhere. in medford the funeral for 29-year-old krystle campbell. the church overflowing, the grief u
again, last january, he disrupted a sermon about martin luther king, calling the civil rights leader a nonbeliever. the revelations and charges just as this city is struggling to recover a moment of silence marking one week since the attack from the oval office and around the country. a solemn tribute. >> -- in boston, almost every spot in this city is silent and still. >> reporter: another step toward normal, boylston street turned over by federal investigators to the city of...
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in often you have about the right level. in boston you have 60,000, that's one camera in every thousand people. in london, they need this. but to me its worrisome. i don't like it very much as a civil liberties issue. it did prove to be worth while in this case, but how much do you trust your government. >> cenk: i think a lot of private cameras lord and taylor's, the department store that had wound up getting some of the footage of these guys, and that's afterwards, right? i think they helped a lot. so it's really a mixed bag. >> well, in these cases it's always a lucky break. it's always the suspect who is driving down the street with a busted taillight. in this one the cameras were useful. they probably would have caught them any way given the fact that there were so many clues but it was just to accelerate the process. but i think it's too much, that's the best way i can put it it. >> cenk: benjamin franklin, do you want to trade, and i'm going to butcher this, but if you want to trade your liberty you'll have neither. a
in often you have about the right level. in boston you have 60,000, that's one camera in every thousand people. in london, they need this. but to me its worrisome. i don't like it very much as a civil liberties issue. it did prove to be worth while in this case, but how much do you trust your government. >> cenk: i think a lot of private cameras lord and taylor's, the department store that had wound up getting some of the footage of these guys, and that's afterwards, right? i think they...
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made me think of these civil rights marches of the '50s and '60s and i'm old enough to remember them. they were brought to the united states through no fault of their own and toldme o of the shadows. you do this even though you risk being taken out of the only country you have ever known what inspires you to step forward that way? >> thank you. the love that i have for this country, the love i have for my family, community, and the love i have for myself because i have a dream. i have three degrees, a bachelor's in special education, and i want to open a music therapy center to work with people with mental disabilities. that is what drives me, and what draw on it -- it dries a lot undocumented people who are seeking an of opportunity for their family, and that 1500-mile walk, all we did was talk to people every day, everyday people, and after two seconds of telling our story and share with them, what is really happening within our system, we were able to change a lot of hearts and minds. >> thank you. i am so used to calling you by your first name. you are the president of the largest
made me think of these civil rights marches of the '50s and '60s and i'm old enough to remember them. they were brought to the united states through no fault of their own and toldme o of the shadows. you do this even though you risk being taken out of the only country you have ever known what inspires you to step forward that way? >> thank you. the love that i have for this country, the love i have for my family, community, and the love i have for myself because i have a dream. i have...
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sustainable growth. -- to seek civil rights. -- sustainable growth. that the say only a few words about what kind of country japan ought to be. japan must be a placeherereward. japan must be a place where we are -- where risk takers can be given opportunities, not just once but many times. ministerse ex-prime represent the chance for a second coming in japan. -- n must be a place where [indiscernible] put in place full animation. japan is on the cutting edge of new medical technogy. cite what a nobel prize winner said, japan is a country that is the closest to bringing the stem cell technology to the bedside. that is about it. ladies and gentlemen, once again, we are doing all that, not only for the sake of the ournese, but also to make alliance stronger. at the end of the day, the u.s. is the biggest democratic theomy, and japan is still second. together we can do a lot, for the sky is the limit. a key very much for your ti thanyo [applause] thank you. we will now take some questions. 25 years ago, about this month i went to work in the japanese diet
sustainable growth. -- to seek civil rights. -- sustainable growth. that the say only a few words about what kind of country japan ought to be. japan must be a placeherereward. japan must be a place where we are -- where risk takers can be given opportunities, not just once but many times. ministerse ex-prime represent the chance for a second coming in japan. -- n must be a place where [indiscernible] put in place full animation. japan is on the cutting edge of new medical technogy. cite what a...
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, i read on sunday that he could identify the person that put the bag back down, because he saw him right before he was injured. i read that in a newspaper on sunday. , we need thents information. we are at war and they are guilty. .bsolutely enemy combatants host: here is the american civil liberties union releasing a statement on this subject on saturday. that's the american civil liberties union. we will be discussing this issue and taking your calls for the next half hour on the washington journal wrote. we want to give your preview of this week on congress. we are joined by steven dennis of roll call. guest: it's great to be here. tell us about the highlights this week including immigration hearing at 10:00. guest: with another immigration hearing inhe sene judiciy.il mo, basically. expandede who oppose immigration rights will be keeping the focuwhether or not jobs are going to be lost. senator jeff sessions has been leading the fight against more immigration, legal or illegal, by basically saying that if you , that willmmigrants take jobs away from low-skilled american workers and d
, i read on sunday that he could identify the person that put the bag back down, because he saw him right before he was injured. i read that in a newspaper on sunday. , we need thents information. we are at war and they are guilty. .bsolutely enemy combatants host: here is the american civil liberties union releasing a statement on this subject on saturday. that's the american civil liberties union. we will be discussing this issue and taking your calls for the next half hour on the washington...
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military commission and on the law of war. >> brian: yes. >> but what he's saying is, let's suspend civil rights and constitutional law. >> brian: for public safety. >> in this particular case and later we'll reinstate it. now, what if someone decides to do that to brian kilmeade -- >> brian: i'm not blowing up the subway! i'm not doing -- neither is your family. >> it's not the president's determination nor senator graham's nor anyone else other than the u.s. attorney to decide how someone will be charged or will they be charged. i believe in the public safety exception. i believe in doing everything we can to get terrorists. but at the same time, i'm saying don't let the terrorists trample our rights going forward. >> brian: but at least let the hole in his neck heal in order to answer the questions. we didn't even give him a chance to answer the questions. >> i didn't say end the public safety session. i say it could go on for a month. >> brian: thank you so much. next up, a gun store offering a rifle give aways on facebook has its page mysteriously shut down is facebook shutting down
military commission and on the law of war. >> brian: yes. >> but what he's saying is, let's suspend civil rights and constitutional law. >> brian: for public safety. >> in this particular case and later we'll reinstate it. now, what if someone decides to do that to brian kilmeade -- >> brian: i'm not blowing up the subway! i'm not doing -- neither is your family. >> it's not the president's determination nor senator graham's nor anyone else other than the...
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an within a year this body had passed the 1964 civil rights act . in his eulogy for these four little girls, dr. marten luther king jr. said, quote, these children, unoffending, innocent and beautiful, were the victims of one of the most vicious, heinous crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. yet they died nobly. they are the martyred heroines of the holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. mr. speaker, i certainly cannot add to the words of this great american hero, martyred himself. i will just end by saying, mr. speaker, it is a good and right thing that this body honor these innocent children martyrs, that we never forget, that we always confront evil and although our nation was founded on noble principles, we must never cease the work of making america a more perfect union and with the passage of this bill, i think we do one small act to do that. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back his time. the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentlelady from alabama, ms. sew
an within a year this body had passed the 1964 civil rights act . in his eulogy for these four little girls, dr. marten luther king jr. said, quote, these children, unoffending, innocent and beautiful, were the victims of one of the most vicious, heinous crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. yet they died nobly. they are the martyred heroines of the holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. mr. speaker, i certainly cannot add to the words of this great american hero, martyred himself. i...
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these commission on civil rights was established since the 19 37 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has conducted hearings on aspects of immigration including illegal immigration. the most recent hearing occurred dealing with the specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration on the wage and employment level of skill americans, specifically black americans. illegal immigration has a disproportionately negative effect on the employment and wage levels of specifically black americans during >> we are having a hard time hearing. but it is important to remember that the witnesses at the hearing were experts on immigration who span the ideological spectrum. illegaltness agreed to immigration has negative effect on employment opportunities and wage levels, specifically black americans. , specifically black males, are disproportionately concentrated in the low skill labor market and more likely to have only a high s
these commission on civil rights was established since the 19 37 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has conducted hearings on aspects of immigration including illegal immigration. the most recent hearing occurred dealing with the specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration on the wage and employment level of skill...
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page 19, line 1, insert in the privacy officer and the officer for civil rights and civil liberties of the department of homeland security, justice. insert security after justice. insert security after homeland in the second instruction. ms. sanchez: basically -- the chair: any objection to the modification? mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i have no objection. the chair: without objection, the amendment is modified. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield one minute to my good friend, the gentleman from california, mr. mcnerney. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. mcnerney: i thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank my colleague from california, and i rise in support of ms. sanchez's amendment and in opposition of the underlying bill, h.r. 624. this legislation has positive aspects, but i'm concerned with the civil protections required in h.r. 624. ms. sanchez's amendment is a necessary step toward improving the bill, by giving oversight authority to a civilian agency. sharing information is absolutely esse
page 19, line 1, insert in the privacy officer and the officer for civil rights and civil liberties of the department of homeland security, justice. insert security after justice. insert security after homeland in the second instruction. ms. sanchez: basically -- the chair: any objection to the modification? mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i have no objection. the chair: without objection, the amendment is modified. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. chairman. i...
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just like the civil rights movement. people need to see what those guns do. >> bill: yeah, well, i think without seeing too much of graphic photos from inside the school, i think the american people know what those guns do and i think the american people see what happened at sandy hook and the american people want some action. joey's right. these senators just have their hands out for the campaign contributions from the gun lobby. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> announcer: chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: how about it on this thursday morning 33 min
just like the civil rights movement. people need to see what those guns do. >> bill: yeah, well, i think without seeing too much of graphic photos from inside the school, i think the american people know what those guns do and i think the american people see what happened at sandy hook and the american people want some action. joey's right. these senators just have their hands out for the campaign contributions from the gun lobby. >> announcer: this is the "bill press...
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again, last january, he disrupted a sermon about martin luther king, calling the civil rights leader a nonbeliever. the revelations and charges just as this city is struggling to recover a moment of silence marking one week since the attack from the oval office and around the country. a solemn tribute. >> -- in boston, almost every spot in this city is silent and still. >> reporter: another step toward normal, boylston street turned over by federal investigators to the city of boston. in a sign of the investigation's intensity, a tree, possibly touched by dzhokhar removed, taken as evidence, and photos of dzhokhar withdrawing money from an atm after a carjacking and the murder of m.i.t. police officer sean collier. this, as the victims continue to heal. 50 in the hospital. two still critical. for some seriously injured, hope. >> nearly all of the patients that have lost legs are already walking the halls with physical therapists. >> reporter: still, grim reminders here, just about everywhere. in medford the funeral for 29-year-old krystle campbell. the church overflowing, the grief u
again, last january, he disrupted a sermon about martin luther king, calling the civil rights leader a nonbeliever. the revelations and charges just as this city is struggling to recover a moment of silence marking one week since the attack from the oval office and around the country. a solemn tribute. >> -- in boston, almost every spot in this city is silent and still. >> reporter: another step toward normal, boylston street turned over by federal investigators to the city of...
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the background check a dastardly attack on civil liberties. >> stephanie: interesting stuff. >> more than 30,000 americans i don't in gun violence every year compared to the 17 who died last year in terrorist attacks. >> stephanie: i don't know if you've seen this on facebook. picture of dzhokhar. >> stephanie: it is like a batman movie. cone heads and batman are melding in my head. so yes, there is a picture of him. the guy in the hospital. became an american citizen on september 11th, 2012, let's pass the immigration bill. somebody posted yeah, about that. adam lanza born a u.s. citizen catholic caucasian slaughtered 26. jared loughner, slaughtered six wounded 12 tucson. james holmes, born a u.s. citizen, slaughtered 12 in aurora. klebold, both caucasians, wounded 24, columbine. eric rudolph christian caucasian, slaughtered two. tim mcveigh born a u.s. citizen, roman catholic, slaughtered 168, wounded over 800 in oklahoma city. >> will they stop at nothing? >> stephanie: perhaps we should leave nationality and ethnicity out of it, okay? okay? >> then the sikhs get attacked because
the background check a dastardly attack on civil liberties. >> stephanie: interesting stuff. >> more than 30,000 americans i don't in gun violence every year compared to the 17 who died last year in terrorist attacks. >> stephanie: i don't know if you've seen this on facebook. picture of dzhokhar. >> stephanie: it is like a batman movie. cone heads and batman are melding in my head. so yes, there is a picture of him. the guy in the hospital. became an american citizen on...
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this is a civil rights issue. the gun nuts culminate about their rights. that little boy at sandy hook school who got his jawbone blown off and his mother insisted on an open casket had civil rights, too. the first of which is safety in his person. so did his classmates and teachers and the hundreds and thousands of victims, a train of corpses that could stretch around the world silenced in life and silenced again yesterday by mitch mcconnell and 45 other people who have a little bit of those victims' blood splattered on their hands. they will be heard from yet. thank you michael tomasky. [ applause ] >> stephanie: you know what? we're watching you. i'm just saying. i'm doing it again. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> this bill is a clear overreach that will predominantly punish and harass our neighbors our friends and our families. so to protect the right of law-abiding citizens of the commonwealth of kentucky and other states, i will oppose and vote against s649. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> we're trying to take it to the violent criminal rather than takin
this is a civil rights issue. the gun nuts culminate about their rights. that little boy at sandy hook school who got his jawbone blown off and his mother insisted on an open casket had civil rights, too. the first of which is safety in his person. so did his classmates and teachers and the hundreds and thousands of victims, a train of corpses that could stretch around the world silenced in life and silenced again yesterday by mitch mcconnell and 45 other people who have a little bit of those...
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>> basically, the democrats hail him as a civil rights hero saying he's good he denied the supreme court prief lemings, and republicans who want now to court the minority vote are averting eyes. >> why? why is this happening? >> the senate is to give advice and con -- consent. we believe he should get the nominees asked for for the cabinet, but what mr. perez has done is willfully misled house investigators, did a quid pro quo that's shady, has a record of unequal enforcement of the law. this man should -- >> bottom line, he gets through? >> a good chance. >> after all that? >> we'll see what happens in the hearing tomorrow. the house oversight investigation monday was so comprehensive, 270 pages unvailing this scandal so that i think some ?artses are going to give -- senators are going to -- >> there's hope here? >> always hold on. >> me too. mary, you're great, you'll keep following it, "wall street journal" editorial board, a crazy story, but common place. >> what was the name from jersey? >> dirt bags? >> a lot of social resources, but are investments paying more? >> as we do every t
>> basically, the democrats hail him as a civil rights hero saying he's good he denied the supreme court prief lemings, and republicans who want now to court the minority vote are averting eyes. >> why? why is this happening? >> the senate is to give advice and con -- consent. we believe he should get the nominees asked for for the cabinet, but what mr. perez has done is willfully misled house investigators, did a quid pro quo that's shady, has a record of unequal enforcement...
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he was a tireless and passionate advocate for working families and true champion for civil rights. st's a lifel heght for local d national leader on half of the american worker he showed up at every labor rally, pickett line, and civil rights event. rain, snow, heat, old age, and sickness. nothing could deter dick from fighting on he behalf of working people. he was a rousing public speaker and inspired generations of illinoisans and iowans to get involved in public service. i know my husband, jerry, and i extend our condolences to dick's family. he will truly be missed. thank you, mr. speaker and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the chair lays before the house the following personal equests. without objection, the request s granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lankford, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. lankford: thank you, mr. speaker. this is a conversation about something that's very pertinent thth taxes.a obviously this is tax week, which is pu
he was a tireless and passionate advocate for working families and true champion for civil rights. st's a lifel heght for local d national leader on half of the american worker he showed up at every labor rally, pickett line, and civil rights event. rain, snow, heat, old age, and sickness. nothing could deter dick from fighting on he behalf of working people. he was a rousing public speaker and inspired generations of illinoisans and iowans to get involved in public service. i know my husband,...
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i am worried how far this is going to take away our civil rights. weple are going to say, "now need to have guns." we could have caught him so much easier -- it was black powder they used in the bombs. we should say we should restrict all voting power -- all bloating r.wder hos host: why you think that is necessary? putting upple are this may be a bigger agenda to take away our rights. it is really has me worried. in willxt up is kurt montt, ohio on our line for republicans. you are on "washington journal caller: i am in agreement with what was previously said. all one has to do is take a google operations: gladio. within three minutes of exposing all of the navy seals at the finish line, news programs began changing their stories. he decided to present a possible suspect and all of the stories had to have changed. anotherration chose false flag. everyone should google operations: northwood and operations: gladio. this has all the earmarks. is all i have to say. host: that as curt in will montt, ohio. we have to remain from new york on our line in d
i am worried how far this is going to take away our civil rights. weple are going to say, "now need to have guns." we could have caught him so much easier -- it was black powder they used in the bombs. we should say we should restrict all voting power -- all bloating r.wder hos host: why you think that is necessary? putting upple are this may be a bigger agenda to take away our rights. it is really has me worried. in willxt up is kurt montt, ohio on our line for republicans. you are...
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involved with the right to be seen to be credible. when there bureaus are the simplest formula for controversy burning rubber on the streets of bahrain checkers like sheep weekend on our team. but as well as set full partial election recount up to a consensual or a the election consul agree to order the presidential ballot sets while nicholas and i do a p pez to be sworn in as the new leader. and a divided a wrong but deadly pre-election violence highlife the country sectarian split and the battle to secure lucrative oil fields along that when we come back. i reckon cardiologist dr omar. he claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did doctor what he see puts to data that the number of pressed cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent case of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand
involved with the right to be seen to be credible. when there bureaus are the simplest formula for controversy burning rubber on the streets of bahrain checkers like sheep weekend on our team. but as well as set full partial election recount up to a consensual or a the election consul agree to order the presidential ballot sets while nicholas and i do a p pez to be sworn in as the new leader. and a divided a wrong but deadly pre-election violence highlife the country sectarian split and the...
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. >> and let me take it one step further, the digital age and your civil rights, and now what are you willing to give up because of surveillance. >> other people were misidentified because of our 8,000 -- >> and placed on the front page of a newspaper. >> absolutely. >> the big point is, every horrific event done by a small group of people will be enabled by technology going forward. >> absolutely, it is our new normal. >> the genie is out of the bottle. >>> a related story, as boston tried to get back to reality and get back on its feet after the bombing saturday there was a game at fenway park and with 35,000 or so in attendance, watching on tv, david ortiz, one of the stars of the team gets up and on microphone tries to rally the crowd and this is what happened. >> this is our [ bleep ] city. and nobody gonna take away our dictate our freedom. stay strong. >> was that appropriate? >> of course it's not with the kids in the stand. having said that, all of our kids hear this word. this is a quality, decent, passionate charitable man. i'd rather have a not so decent man who speaks per
. >> and let me take it one step further, the digital age and your civil rights, and now what are you willing to give up because of surveillance. >> other people were misidentified because of our 8,000 -- >> and placed on the front page of a newspaper. >> absolutely. >> the big point is, every horrific event done by a small group of people will be enabled by technology going forward. >> absolutely, it is our new normal. >> the genie is out of the...
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the officer for civil rights and civil liberties of the department of homeland security in consultation with the civil rights and civil liberties oversight board, the senior privacy and civil liberties officer such of each department or agency of the federal government that receives cyberthreat information shared with the federal government under such subsection, b, shall annually and jointly submit to congress a report assessing the privacy and civil liberties' impact of the activities conducted by the federal government under subsection 1104. such report shall include any recommendations that civil liberties protection officer and chief privacy and civil liberties officer consider appropriate to minimize or mitigate the privacy and civil liberties' impact of the sharing of cyberthreat information under such section 1104. three, form, each form required under paragraph 1 or 2 shall be submitted and on classified form but may include a classified annex. d, definitions. in this section, one, appropriate congressional committees. the term appropriate congressional committees means, a, the
the officer for civil rights and civil liberties of the department of homeland security in consultation with the civil rights and civil liberties oversight board, the senior privacy and civil liberties officer such of each department or agency of the federal government that receives cyberthreat information shared with the federal government under such subsection, b, shall annually and jointly submit to congress a report assessing the privacy and civil liberties' impact of the activities...
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civil rights commission. they will testify about how illegal immigration can affect the u.s. economy. a hearing on friday. then on monday a second hearing. after that we have to see how the process unfolds. especially republicans on the judiciary committee are calling for more than the currently scheduled hearings. probably sometime in early may we will move to the markup process which is where the senators on the judiciary committee can begin offering amendments and releasing how they want to continue to shape the bill. we hope it gets passed out of committee and go to the senate floor. host: rebekah kaplan of the national journal. wilmington, north carolina, kathleen is on our democrat line. is roberta our guest aplan.rebecca caller: my biggest fear is that our country is in a state of fear. thing wehe worst could ever have as americans. we have based our country from the beginning of a great work ethic. there are so many things we could do instead of being frightened every time something happens. domestically, foreman, and immigration. we have a statue of liberty that does
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. >> stephanie: the miranda rights not being read right away -- clearly that was an emergency. perhaps i'm not as versed of my civil liberties as i should be. >> in danger of being punted. >> stephanie: exactly. >> talking to you sorority girl. >> stephanie: kevin in dc. welcome. >> caller: good morning. what a sight for sore eyes as always. i mean you're a sight for sore eyes -- >> stephanie: sure. all right. thank you. >> caller: sorry. it's early what do you want? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: uh-huh. >> caller: i was calling kind of in frustration. does everything have to be political? the boston tragedy, what has hand to those poor people i'm still horrified about it. but the caller that called you the day after and tried to ridiculously compare it to bush and the official that was babbled about the [ inaudible ] that had an ak 15. are these people human? how do we get to this point? i'm not all saying all democrats or liberals or progressives whatever you want to call it all have halos over their head but it appears to me we are not as reactionary as they are. there doesn't
. >> stephanie: the miranda rights not being read right away -- clearly that was an emergency. perhaps i'm not as versed of my civil liberties as i should be. >> in danger of being punted. >> stephanie: exactly. >> talking to you sorority girl. >> stephanie: kevin in dc. welcome. >> caller: good morning. what a sight for sore eyes as always. i mean you're a sight for sore eyes -- >> stephanie: sure. all right. thank you. >> caller: sorry. it's...
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the right of habeas corpus couldn't be suspended. i'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when terrorists are enemy combatants. this is not one of them. guest: no one is talking about depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you have a fifth amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives and prevent terrorist acts in the future, can't be used against you, you are not in danger of self-incrimination. if that status is used it would still be habeas corpus right. so what we are saying and what he is saying and i think it is wrong there is no such thing as global jihadist movement. i think the evidence of that is overwhelming and we will treat somebody who commits an act of brutal terrorism as a criminal defendant allow them to lawyer up and say don't say a word, don't give them any information, we will deal later and i think this is ok, i think this is willful blindness and reckless in regard to the
the right of habeas corpus couldn't be suspended. i'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when terrorists are enemy combatants. this is not one of them. guest: no one is talking about depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you have a fifth amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives and prevent terrorist acts in the future, can't be used against you,...
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you would not have had it and not a series of civil rights pieces of sieve legislation pass given the way this senate operates. >> it's about leadership. david? >> i agree. >> on both sides of pennsylvania avenue -- >> we have had arguments on this show before about barack obama. i'm disappointed in him. i think he wasn't strong enough. i agree with, sadly, with maureen's column. >> i go back to what an ambassador from the middle east told me in year one about president obama. i thought he was extraordinarily moving at the state of the union. but said from the mistake they make, richard, i'm sure you heard this a lot. mistake they make at the white house in twine they blebelieve speech is the end instead of the speech the mean to get to the end. you start there. but you have to do the lyndon johnson, the george w. bush which is -- >> you think they are. the most salient fact in maureen's column is the person they are sending up to the hill is practically invisible. they think they are bending ears and doing politics but it's so ineffectual the result is what the result was. >> i've al
you would not have had it and not a series of civil rights pieces of sieve legislation pass given the way this senate operates. >> it's about leadership. david? >> i agree. >> on both sides of pennsylvania avenue -- >> we have had arguments on this show before about barack obama. i'm disappointed in him. i think he wasn't strong enough. i agree with, sadly, with maureen's column. >> i go back to what an ambassador from the middle east told me in year one about...
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the introduction of the first comprehensive civil rights bill in the congress, 1963. how far have we come? when it comes to high school attainment, they will release these numbers next week with the state of lack america we went from 25% of african-americans having a high school diploma in 1963 to 81% in 2013. for everyone that had a college degree in 1963, there are five who have college degrees in 2013. in 1963, the unemployment rate for black americans was 10%. in 2013, it is 13%. we have to understand that we have come a great distance and we should be proud. but there is so much unfinished business. i just want to let you know, quickly, over the last year, the national urban excerpt over 2.5 million people in 95 communities across the country. we are the infantry men and women. we are the soldiers in the trenches trying to help it will find jobs. helping people turn themselves for better work. running afterschool programs and helping people remain in their homes by avoiding foreclosure. we have done that work and we do that work and we are proud of that work. tha
the introduction of the first comprehensive civil rights bill in the congress, 1963. how far have we come? when it comes to high school attainment, they will release these numbers next week with the state of lack america we went from 25% of african-americans having a high school diploma in 1963 to 81% in 2013. for everyone that had a college degree in 1963, there are five who have college degrees in 2013. in 1963, the unemployment rate for black americans was 10%. in 2013, it is 13%. we have to...